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The Americas

Hardback. Religious scholars, anthropologists, and historians of America and the Anabaptist faiths will find this objective-yet-appreciative account of the Hutterites' distinct North American culture to be a valuable and fascinating study both of the religion and of a viable alternative to modern-day capitalism. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 45, 39 black & white halftones, 4 maps, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSR; JFSS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894893
ISBN
9780801894893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.49

Paperback. and their strategies for survival. Num Pages: 424 pages, 42, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRCC99; HRCX8; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856396
ISBN
9780801856396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.11

Paperback. The inauguration of Robert Maynard Hutchins as the President of the University of Chicago in 1929 marked the beginning of a vibrant period for the university and for American higher education in general. This book presents a portrait of institutional life of university at that time, showing how life on campus revolved around President Hutchins. Num Pages: 204 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226561714
ISBN
9780226561714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.71

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 80 pages, viii, 70 p. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096155
ISBN
9780226096155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

Hardback. The anthology shares the poetic voices of many who were touched by the suffering experienced by the people of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. This anthology is the first in a Hurricane Katrina Commemoration series. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857358
ISBN
9780761857358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.74

Hardback. Editor(s): Atkinson, Martha. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; KFFD; MBNH2; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781536100358
ISBN
9781536100358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.37
€ 153.05

Paperback. Rubin Carter is the Hurricane. A pistol shot in a bar room ruined his chances of becoming the middleweight champion of the world. But he did not fire the gun. Nineteen long years in prison, a massively high profile campaign to release him that failed, and the persistence of an unlikely supporter finally saw him free. Num Pages: 368 pages, (1 x 8pp b/w). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; JFFJ; JFSL; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 113 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Harpercollins Pb
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841151304
ISBN
9781841151304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.92

Paperback. Examines the sustainability of hunting as practiced by rural peoples. This book provides a viewpoint on the ecological and human aspects of this hunting. It examines the effects of hunting on wildlife in tropical forests. It looks at the importance of hunting to local communities and looks at institutional challenges of resource management. Editor(s): Robinson, John G.; Boundas, Professor Elizabeth; Bennett, E.L. Series: Biology and Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 1000 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 96 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLS; 1QMT; JFSF; RNF; RNKH; RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 255 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1500th Edition
Number of pages
1000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109772
ISBN
9780231109772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 42.00

Hardback. Examines the sustainability of hunting as practiced by rural peoples. This book provides a viewpoint on the ecological and human aspects of this hunting. It examines the effects of hunting on wildlife in tropical forests. It looks at the importance of hunting to local communities and looks at institutional challenges of resource management. Editor(s): Robinson, John G.; Boundas, Professor Elizabeth; Bennett, E.L. Series: Biology and Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 1000 pages, 44 photos, 96 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLS; 1QMT; JFSF; RNF; RNKH; RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 182. Weight in Grams: 1271.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
300th Edition
Number of pages
1000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109765
ISBN
9780231109765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.96
€ 111.83

Paperback. Offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. focusing on nineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narratives from the western interior of Rupert's Land. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, approx. 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774813556
ISBN
9780774813556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Hardback. Offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. focusing on nineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narratives from the western interior of Rupert's Land. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBTB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774813549
ISBN
9780774813549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Hardcover. Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. Num Pages: 424 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFZ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384052
ISBN
9781782384052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.66

Paperback. Series: Peabody Museum Collections Series. Num Pages: 148 pages, 72 color illustrations, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACBK; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 205 x 14. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873654074
ISBN
9780873654074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

paperback. In 1966, a group of respected aerospace engineers revealed that US scientists were perfecting ways to control gravity. Aerospace and defence journalist Nick Cook considers the possibility that America did indeed crack the gravity code, examining German weapons technology along the way. Num Pages: 416 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWM; JWX; PDZ; TRP; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 109 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099414988
ISBN
9780099414988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Millions of immigrants were drawn to American shores, not by the mythic streets paved with gold, but rather by its tables heaped with food. This work tells the stories of three distinctive groups and their unique culinary dramas: the Italian, Irish, and East European Jewish immigrants. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011113
ISBN
9780674011113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.18

Paperback. African American writers have consistently drawn connections between hunger and illiteracy, and by extension between food and reading. This book investigates the juxtaposition of mulnutrition and spectacular food abundance as a key trope of African American writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325620
ISBN
9780820325620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.09

Hardcover. Just what was so wild about the Wild West? Americans have had an enduring yet ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind. This book offers a cultural and historical analysis of how ideas of wildness have shaped the ways Euro-Americans have perceived, reacted to, and acted upon the West for nearly five hundred years. Num Pages: 528 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615018
ISBN
9780700615018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.57

Hardback. In twelve essays on Hungarian-American history, the authors discuss Louis Kossuth's tumultuous mid-nineteenth-century visit to the United States, the political activities of Hungarian-Americans during and after World War II, and the question of dual and multiple identities, among many other topics.

Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336680
ISBN
9780880336680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.78
€ 46.32

paperback. The heartwarming true story of a wrong-way humpback whale who is helped and cheered back to freedom in San Francisco. Illustrator(s): Wakiyama, Hanako. Num Pages: 36 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; YFY; YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 260 x 203 x 5. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
36
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611720174
ISBN
9781611720174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Hardback. These essays capture the humour of the Old South, in tales, almanac entries, turf reports, historical sketches, gentlemen's essays on outdoor sports, and profiles of local characters, all of which flourished between 1830 and 1860. Editor(s): Inge, M. Thomas; Piacentino, Edward J. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121949
ISBN
9780813121949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.00

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